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Morphée is an entirely non-digital, screen-free, portable solution to sleepless nights. The device combines the best of meditation and sophrology to significantly improve the quality of sleep of its users. Designed in collaboration with sleep professionals, and having already helped over 100,000 people in France manage their anxiety, stress and insomnia, the audio sleeping aid is launching in the UK to coincide with International Stress Awareness Week, from 2nd November 2020.

Morphée offers over 200 session combinations inspired by guided meditation and sophrology, which can be listened to before going to bed or when struggling to sleep during the night, via the built-in speakers or headphones.

Sophrology is a form of therapy used to relax the mind and rid it of past worries and future anxieties, by returning it to the present moment – what is happening here and now. With a combination of relaxation techniques and breathing exercises, Sophrology can help limit the flow of anxious thoughts by having the mind focus on breathing, the body or an image, in order to let go and experience deep relaxation before going to sleep.

In more concrete terms, sophrology can help by swapping stressful thoughts for corporeal sensations, by shifting the focus from the brain, to the body. Managing and helping reduce expectations when it comes to sleep, by releasing control. The more we try to pin sleep down, the more it evades us, and high expectations often have the opposite of the desired effect. Releasing tension and simultaneously unwinding both mind and body.

Morphée comprises eight different relaxation and sleeping exercises, for a total of over 200 combinations of sessions, including body scanning, breathing, movement, visualisation, and heart coherence.

The aim of each is to disconnect from the day, relax the body and soothe the mind; these three elements form the pillars of a fast, deep and restorative sleep. And all sessions are led by a team of sleep experts, supervised by Florence Binay, a sleep-focused sophrologist.

A sensory object in every way, Morphée is ergonomically designed to be pleasant and comforting to touch and see, while its warm beech wood shell and elegant shape makes it a beautiful object for the home.

The beech wood cover also protects the device, and coupled with a battery life of about one week’s worth of daily listening, this means Morphée is easy to use while on the go.

Amelia Graham

Available for £79.95 here, with a 100 nights return policy.